Roller-bearing cage.



vJ, A. PERKINS ROLLER BEARING GAGE.

APPLICATION TILED 13150.21, 1908.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

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ROLLER BEARING GAGE.

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Inventor:

by Jaldcw fl. Per/Gina "a c tizen offt'heiunited' States of America, and r'esi v g ftitu .O'inaha, in the county of Dp 'ngi; and. State,"of Nebraska, have i11- vented certainnewfa'nd useful Improvements inBo llerr-BeaifingCages, of which the fol lowing. isja specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it. apper tains toy nake and use the same.

This invention. relates to hearings, pariticula 'lynto roller bearings, andis an im provement over the forms shown and describedlin applications for Letters 15 Patentof the United, States, led October 28th, 1908, Serial No. 459,815, and November .3rd,--1908, Serial. No 30,833, and one. object thereof i-s..,to provide a positive guide for the-.'s.aid*'-rollers-in their planetary movement aboutashaftor axle, or journal thereof.

A further object is to provide a guiding cagefor thesa-id rollers which is composed of:a=.plurality oi parts adapted for ready assembling. around. a journal.

A. further object is to so construct the parts of the cage whereby the same, together with the rollers, may be assembled upon a journal of alesser diameter than the body or endof the shaft or axle of which said journal is a part-and whereby WliGllSO assembled, the members of the cage are posilively locked against individual movement and-form a. concrete ir'nit.

- A further object is to provide a cage composed of segmental members forming a circle and a circular member encompassing said segmental members to lock the same in position.

FA. further object is to provide means 40 whereby the rollers and-their connected pfrts form a lock'for the said cage members when-so assembled.

:A further object is to provide means whereby said cage when assembled is held in a position substantially concentric with g 1 the journal.

A further object is to so construct the cage members-whereby the assemblingthereofm'gilst always be in a predetermined manher anda' stillfurt-her object is toprovide means i in connection with the i nclosing members whereby said parts aredockedtogether Without the rollers being in position therein. j p 55 .My'inventmn is fully described 1'1 the folseparate parts are designated by the same reference characters in each of the'views,

and in which y F igure 1 is a View of a car axle journal having my cage and roller bearings mounted thereon, partially in section; Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is aside view of my cage; Fig. 4; is'a section taken on the line 4:4: of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a View of a detail of the construction shown in the preceding figures; Fig. 6 'is journals 11 which are in detachable engagement, preferably, with blocks 0, between wh1ch and said roller ends are interposed a plurallty of balls or equivalents, whereby a non-frictional engagement is produced,

said blocksbeing connected with the roller ournals b by meansot' annular wires 0 engaging corresponding grooves in the said roller journals and in the said blocks, or in any other desired manner. The rollers 72 and the connected blocks 0- are carried by a cage (1 which is composed of two segmental members (Z and (Z forming jointly a circle and around which is placed an integral circular member a? which holds the members (Z and (Z together, said members d l and (1* being each composed of end plates (1 cl? and. (Z respectively, and connecting bars or ribs (1 and (2 the corresponding endplates and ribs being preferablyintegrally formed and the ribs d and (Z form spaces 6 for the rollers b and also form pockets for the blocks 0, said blocks, in this form of construction, being inwardly curved at one side as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 5, and the ribs (2 are correspondingly curved to, prevent the said blocks from moving inwardly beyond a predetermined point. x I

As clearly shown in Fig. 4:, themembers 03 and d are reduced in diameter for a portion-of the length of the-cage, as shown. at

f, externally thereof, whereas the member d is of an increased diameter for the greater:

portion of its length,as shown at the greater diameters of these members being approx imately the same at one end of the cage and the lesser diameters the samev at the other end of the cage, whereby a snug fit is produced, as shown at f and f and by means of-this construction the cage members must be assembled in a'predetermined order to lock the same against separation.

When the cage members have been thus joined, the rollers 12, with their connected blocks 0, are placed in position in the roller spaces a, the length of the connected rollers and blocks being approximately the same as the length of the roller spaces and, when the rollers and blocks are in position, they serve to lock the cage member a! upon the cage members (Z and d preventing movement therebetween, and when the cage and bearings have been thus assembled upon the journal, said journal and bearings may be passed into the raceway a or the said raceway may be slipped thereover, according to the conditions under which the bearings are employed. n

In Fig. 6 is shown a slight modificatidh of the construction hereinbefore described, in that the ribs d instead of being curved, .are tapered or inclined inwardly, the outer edges thereof being of greater width than the inner edges of the ribs d, thus producing shoulders h therebetween, and forming roller spaces with parallel sides of two different diameters, and in this form of construction I provide similarly formed blocks h having shoulders 71. registering with the shoulders h and thus limiting the inward movement of the said blocks in the spaces e.

In either of these forms it will be seen that the blocks 0 or it prevent rotary movement of the cage member d upon the members (I and 01 and, when the rollers and blocks are in position, lateral movement of. the cage members is prevented but, as shown in Fig. 2, I may also employa tongue h upon one cage member engaging a correspondinggroove in another member, thus prevent-ing individual rotation and insuring a positive register of the ribs d and d", but this detailis merely designed to assist in the assembling of the cage members.

In connection -with the cage (1 I also employ controllers i, composedof fiber or other anti-friction material, and' adapted to take the impact of the cage against the shoulders a and d,- the material, size, or conformation of these controllers being capable of considerable modification, the object being to prevent the metal of the cage from striking the metal of the axle or shaft a. j

It will thus be seen that I provide a cage composed of separable members adapted to be placed around a journal of a reduced diameter and another member adapted to be passed over the greater diameter of the shaft or axle and over the separable cage members, thus producing a cage the members of which form a unit when assembled and in-which, when the rollers are in position, no movement is possible between. the ni'embers thereof, and various changes in and modifications of the details shown and described may be made, within the spirit of my invention and without sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is j 1. In a bearing, a cage comprising separable segmental members and a solid annular member passed longitudinally over said segmental members for holding the same in position. I

2. In a bearing, a cage comprising separable segmental members and an annular member about said segmental members for holding the same in position, each of said members consisting of end plates and ribs connecting the same.

3. In a bearing, a cage comprising separable segmental members and an annular member about said segmental members for holding the same in position, each of said members consisting of end plates and connecting ribs, and means for insuring the re ister of the ribs of said annulzfi' member with corresponding ribs of said segmental members. v

4. In a bearing, a cage comprising separable segmental members and an annular member for holding the segmental members in position, said members consisting of end plates and connecting ribs, rollers mounted between said ribs, bearing blocks on the ends of said rollers and means, connected with said ribs, for limiting the movement of said blocks.

5. In a bearing, a cag p 20 rable segmental members and an annular member inclosing the same, said segmental members when joined having different ex-' ternal diameters at the ends the eof and said annular member having corre onding, different, thereof.

.6. In a bearing, a cage comprising separable segmenta-l'members and an annular member inclosing the same, said members internal diameters at the ends comprising end plates and connectingribs,

said said rollers and closing member,

said ribs tapering inwardly whereby shoulders are formed between the ribs of said annular member and corresponding ribs of said segmental members.

7. In a bearing, a cage comprising separable segmental members and an annular i11- closin member, said members consisting of end p ates and connecting ribs, the ribs of annular member registering with the ribs of said segmental members, a roller mounted between each pair of ribs and a bearing block at. each end of each of said rolllers and conforming to said registering m s.

8. In a bearing, a cage comprising separable segmental-members and an annular inclosin member, said members consisting of end p ates and connecting ribs, said ribs being tapered to form shoulders at the intersection of the ribs of said annular member with the ribs of said segmental members, a

roller mounted between each pair of ribs and a bearing block at each end of each of provided with shoulders registering with the shoulders formed be tween said ribs. 9. In a bearing, a cage comprising separable segmental members and an annular in rollers mounted in said rollers, said cage mental members adapted to e-placed about cage and overlapping the joint of said segmental and inclosing members, serving to lock said cage members together.

10. In a bearing, a cage comprising separable segmental members and an annular inclosing member, rollers 'in said cage, and bearing blocks on said rollers, said rollers and blocks serving to lock said cage members together.

11. In a bearing, a shaft having a reducedjournal,an outerbearing member, rollers interposed between saidjournal and outer bearing member, a cage for guidin said comprisingiseparab e segsaid journal and an annular member adapted to be passed longitudinally over said segmental members, the internal diameter of said annular. member being greater than the diameter of said shaft and extending the full length of said se arable members.

In testimony that fclaim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name n presence of the subscribing w tnesses this 18th day of December, 1908.

JULIUS A. PERKINS.

Witnesses;

J (l LARSEN, GEORGE E. MINER. 

